With over 4,000 copies sold and now revised and updated, Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students is the core of a widely used multimedia program for teaching Hebrew in the college-level classroom.
Featuring the translation of poems written to the Near Eastern goddess Inanna by Enheduanna, this work is an articulation of a theology.
States that the term "conspiracy theory" entered the American lexicon of political speech to deflect criticism of the Warren Commission and traces it back to a CIA propaganda campaign to discredit doubters of the commission's report.
Includes analyses of data from students on their perception of their parents, which enable the authors to examine the... Læs mere
Now with new chapters on Greek vase painting and Roman artifacts and wall paintings, Controlling Desires is the essential classroom and general introduction to sexual practices, attitudes, and beliefs in the classical world.
Examines the status of Arab thought in the late twentieth century. This book questions the philosophical positions of the liberals, the Marxists, and the... Læs mere
Combines the surviving speeches of three orators who stand at the end of the classical period: Dinarchus, Hyperides, and Lycurgus.
Looking at iconic films such as The Godfather, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver & A Woman Under the Influence, this book reveals that the narrative and stylistic innovations of the 1970s opened a new era in American cinema.
Presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India.
A collection of ten essays that offer interpretations of the survival and adaptation of lowland Maya culture from its earliest contact with the Spanish to the 1970s.
Provides introduction to the language and background of the legends as well as a history of Dede Korkut scholarship. This title features tales that are suitable... Læs mere
Relying principally on documents from the Johnson and Kennedy presidential libraries, Phyllis Parker unravels the events of the 1964 Goulart coup in fascinating detail.